The University of Victoria, often referred to as UVic, a research intensive university located in Saanich and Oak Bay, 5.71 km northeast of downtown Victoria, British Columbia.

The university’s annual enrollment is about 20,000 students. UVic’s campus is known for its innovative architecture, beautiful gardens and mild climate. The university was closely affiliated with and established by McGill University, which is also credited with the beginnings of the University of British Columbia.

The university attracts many students in part because of its size, its picturesque location, and its cooperative education, earth and ocean sciences, engineering, and law programs. The university is the nation’s lead institution in the VENUS and NEPTUNE deep-water seafloor observatory projects.

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December 5, 2016 - The University of Victoria's new chair in Transgender Studies was at the forefront of the fall convocation last month when visiting engineer Lynn Conway was given an honorary UVic doctor of engineering for her work as a computer scientist. Conway was a ...

November 29, 2016 - At the University of Victoria, that attention extends to a program the university says is the first of its kind in Canada and unique globally: a joint degree in Canadian common law and indigenous law. The proposal, in the works for about a ... Over the ...

November 27, 2016 - The data could help scientists and policy-makers understand what to expect, as global temperatures rise and new dead zones appear around the globe, said Jeff Sorensen, a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Victoria. “The reason we're ... But ...

November 25, 2016 - Since September, a research team on the University of Victoria vessel MSV John Strickland, has been going in the inlet, collecting water samples at various depths. The project, led by UVic postdoctoral researcher Jeff Sorensen, is using the Saanich ...

November 24, 2016 - Oceanographers from around the world are hoping to learn more about the science of “dead zones,” thanks to a University of Victoria-led research project currently taking place in Saanich Inlet. Every two weeks since September, a research team on the ...

November 24, 2016 - A University of Victoria professor who uses superheroes such as Batman to demonstrate elements of science believes it's time for his caped crusaders to get real about concussions. Professor E. Paul Zehr, a neuroscientist at UVic and director of the ...

November 23, 2016 - University of Victoria law student Aaron Mills was awarded the prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Talent Award Tuesday. The award, handed out in Ottawa, includes a $50,000 grant for Mills' graduate research on ...

November 23, 2016 - UVic research team studying Saanich Inlet's natural “dead zone”. Posted By: Mary Griffinon: November 22, 2016 In: News. WATCH: A University of Victoria-led research project taking place in Saanich Inlet is trying to shed light on the science of so ...

November 15, 2016 - A new collaborative study done by researchers at the Centre for Addictions Research of BC (CARBC) at the University of Victoria and Australia's National Drug Research Institute (NDRI) at Curtin University provides new evidence of a significant ...

November 11, 2016 - A massive amateur history project about the thousands of Canadians who took part in World War I is getting assistance from the University of Victoria this Remembrance Day. The Canadian Great War ... "There's a Canadian living in the United States, in ...

Energy hybrid

December 9, 2016 - To support the development of microgrids in south-east Asia, Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is leading the renewable energy integration demonstrator — Singapore (Reids) project. When fully constructed Reids will be the largest ...

December 7, 2016 - “The operation of this technology, a world's first, is a major milestone for the geothermal industry and a reinforcement of our commitment to innovation and energy efficiency,” said Francesco Venturini, Head of Enel's Global Renewable Energies. “We are ...

December 6, 2016 - It increased the plant's output by 1008MWh between July and September, offsetting energy consumption by 8.8%. Enel operates another hybrid plant in the US that combines geothermal and solar power. "The operation of this technology, a world's first, is ...

December 3, 2016 - Why not exploit the benefits of batteries and super capacitors simultaneously and combine them in some kind of energy hybrid, they asked themselves. In the current issue of scientific journal Nature Materials the group introduces its approach ...

December 2, 2016 - "In a developed market, you are competing with cheaper forms of conventional power generation, such as gas and also hydro. Energy storage costs still have some way to come down for a hybrid plant like Kennedy Energy Park to be competitive," he said.

December 1, 2016 - SEATTLE - When firefighter paramedics Morlon Malveaux and Mark Pedeferri learned that their powerhorse diesel ambulance was going to be traded for a gas-powered hybrid they were more than a little concerned. The two, who run a Medic One rig ...